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The Merchant of Prato
Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Iris Origo's most famous book, her classic study of the life and times of a medieval Italian merchant.
In 1870, an astonishing cache, containing some 150,000 letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light. Iris Origo drew on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance.
Francesco di Marco Datini, the 14th-century Tuscan merchant who forms the central subject of Iris Origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later Middle Ages. The Merchant of Prato is rightly celebrated as one of the most engrossing of all modern books on Italian life and history.
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Iris Origo's work offers an intricate and brilliant portrayal of Francesco di Marco Datini, providing an intimate glimpse into the life of a fourteenth-century Tuscan merchant. The biography beautifully complements historical narratives by painting a vivid picture of Italian domestic life just before the Renaissance, akin to the insights provided by The Decameron.
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ISBN: 9780241293928
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 May 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 292g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Iris Origo, the Marchesa Origo (1902-1988) was an American writer who lived in Southern Tuscany. Her other books include War in the Val d'Orcia, Leopardi and The Last Attachment.
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